POTD: Norwegian Home Guard Rolls Out the Barrett M107A1

Norway's Home Guard has added some serious reach to its toolkit. Their school recently completed the first instructor course and several initial user courses on the new 12.7mm MØR, the Barrett M107A1, now rolling out across the Heimevernet. Instructor cadres qualified first, then turn...

By Eric B •

This HRT Operator Knife Is Built for the Few

This content is copyrighted and may not be reproduced without the express permission of GunsAmerica.com and BAAANG Media LLC. This HRT Operator Knife Is Built for the Few Stroup Knives is building the HRT Operator Knife as more than another hard-use blade. With 1095 steel, G10 grip, Kydex carry, ...

By Kimber Pearce •

Concealed Carry Corner: Customizing Carry Guns

Welcome back to another edition of Concealed Carry Corner . Last week, we talked about some of the issues of carrying and firearm maintenance in rainstorms. If you happened to miss that article, be sure to click the link here  to catch up. This week, we’ll talk about customizing carry ...

By Matt E •

Ayoob: The 1911 at War

I recently heard someone say that handguns have no place in military combat. History shows us otherwise. For the tanker, artilleryman, radio operator or medic whose hands are too busy at designated tasks to hold a rifle, the pistol makes enormous sense. Behind the lines when unpleasant surprises ...

By Massad Ayoob •

Review: Springfield M1A Tanker

The Springfield Armory M1A Tanker represents the synergistic combination of a compact, full-power rifle with a timelessly attractive aesthetic. Pushing a full-sized 7.62x51mm/.308 Win. round in a chassis that lends itself to maneuverability and easy portage, the M1A Tanker also captures...

By Will Dabbs, MD •

TFB Review: Springfield Armory XD Mod.4 9mm OSP

The XD series of handguns from Springfield Armory have been available for over a quarter century: 25+ years now. Having seen multiple iterations and upgrades, this truly is a suite of varying pistols for evolving needs: XD, XD Mod.2, XDS, XDS Mod.2, XDM, XDM Elite, and the XD Mod.3 round out that...

By Adam Scepaniak •

Concealed Carry Corner: Is The Glock 48 the New Standard?

Welcome back to another edition of Concealed Carry Corner. Last week, we took a look at whether the overall size of your carry gun really matters when it comes to comfort and concealability. If you happened to miss that article, be sure to click the link here  to check it out. This week, I t...

By Matt E •

TFB Review: Ops Core Amps + Helmet Mount

Hearing is one of those things in life that you simply can't get back; once it's gone, it's gone. Growing up in the military, this was preached to us at every possible moment on the firing ranges, when operating around loud machinery and so on and so forth. Personally, I have alway...

By Patrik O •

First Look: COA-Equipped Prodigy and 1911 Pistols

Aimpoint’s COA, an enclosed-emitter red-dot pistol sight, has been the hottest and most exclusive pistol accessory of the past two years. Springfield Armory is in a great position when it comes to dedicated A-CUT integrations (more on that in a moment), first introducing COA-equipped Echel...

By Joe Kurtenbach •
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